At the end of a Wild practice that has become a rarity during this jam-packed schedule, one of the team’s slew of relatively new players skated over to head coach Bruce Boudreau with a question. Teammates were doing a skating drill and it dawned on the player that he hadn’t really had much practice time with his team. So the player asked Boudreau a simple question: Do practices always end like this?

It was a harmless inquiry, but one that served as a poignant reminder of how sparingly the Wild have actually been able to practice, finally done with a stretch of six games in 10 days in five cities.

“We haven’t had a chance to do this and get in our normal routine,” Boudreau said. “Hopefully this is something we can continue to do.”

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